crzymdups wrote:
fair points. i've been praying for baron all year. but this may be too much for him, honestly.

but when i'm watching this team run a unit of toney douglas, billy walker, jared jeffries, amar'e and mike bibby for six minutes in a row in the second half and missing every contested shot they take, all from 18 feet away from the hoop or more and a bunch of turnovers and no time outs, no substitutions... i just have to wonder about the coach. especially when this team seems to lose it's confidence SO quickly if the other team even hints at making a run. if anything coach should have a quick trigger with the time out sometimes.

and honestly, i do think posting up amar'e or melo with different spacing on the floor would be a lot more effective than having them take contested 18 footers and only occassionally slip their man for a layup. and i do think the triangle would be more effective. there is such a thing as point guard play, but the jvg knicks never had it. there's also such a thing as playing inside out. especially when you have the advantage inside.

i agree with alot of what both of you guys have been saying.. i think what i bolded is a big problem too. right now we have no choice but to give those guys alot of minutes and it's hurting us. our depth is very shallow. as martin said - when he signed chandler he gave up a lot for something that would be better in the long-term.

i'm still a firm believer that once we get a real PG on this team we are going to look a whole hell of a lot different.

martin wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:

martin wrote:wow some of the laziest arguments I've seen in a long time. Frustration brings out the worst.

do you mind elaborating?

not really worth jumping in or I would have. Too much knee jerk reaction and frustration from losses. 10 years worth. Fire a coach cause we have no outside shooters and no PG? And neither "allstar" has shown up yet outside of like 2 or 3 games between the 2 of them? <shruggs>

I 100% agree with you Martin, I nearly tried to post something and couldn't find the motivation to do so.

Let's go, let's change the coach. And then, TD will be a great pg, Stat will jump again and MElo will stop being a ballhog.

Sounds like a good plan.

EwOakStarksMase wrote:Did you guys notice this in the game?? I did not at the time (I probably had my eyes closed in sheer terror) but I read this happened and I am very worried.

"With New York trailing 52-51, ‘Melo streaked down-court off a Cleveland miss.

This never happened. Much as I dislike the Melo trade, I must admit he has never appeared naked on court.